Voter Recommendations for Pacifica City Council Election on November 4:

Sue Digre John Keener Matt Dougherty

Pacificans for Highway 1 Alternatives has endorsed John Keener, Sue Digre, and Matt Dougherty for Pacifica City Council, based on their responses to our questionnaire on the proposed Caltrans widening project. All three of these candidates expressed clear opposition to the current proposal to more than double the width of a 1.3 mile segment of Highway 1. All three of these candidates have shown that they support the city applying for grants to have independent professionals evaluate alternatives that will improve traffic flow, enhance safety, protect our environment, and beautify our town.In our outreach to thousands of Pacifica residents during the last two years -- public forums with large turnouts, petitions to City Council, tables at FogFest and throughout the town, -- we have found that an overwhelming majority of people we have spoken with support our position.Caltrans has already certified its own Final Environmental Impact Report for the project. The San Mateo County Transportation Authority has programmed the funds for the final design. All that needs to happen now is for the Pacifica City Council to formally request that the SMCTA allocate those funds. Then the final design will be done and the project will move forward. Caltrans finalized the EIR for this project with very little input from the City Council. Now all the City Council can do is either accept or reject the Caltrans widening plan. We want the city council to reject the Caltrans widening plan, and apply for grants to have an independent traffic engineer evaluate and recommend alternatives. We need City Council members who are prepared to clearly say no to the Caltrans widening project. Please join us in voting for Keener, Digre, and Dougherty.--------------------

June 25, 2014 Community forum Youtube video.

6/25 Highway 1 Forum will also be onPCT channel 26 Thursday @ 3:30

To sign an online petition to City Council in favor of alternatives, click here.

We are an organization formed to explore alternatives to the proposed Caltrans Highway 1 widening project. We want measures implemented that can help relieve traffic congestion sooner than the widening project, at less cost, and with far less impact to neighborhoods, businesses, and the environment.

Caltrans is a big, statewide agency that owns Highway 1 in Pacifica. They are aggressively pursuing a plan to widen the Highway to more than twice its present width.The plan includes widening from 4 to 6 lanes beginning south of the Fassler intersection to north of the Reina del Mar intersection as well as widening the shoulders. Their plan is shown in the figure above. We are trying to persuade Caltrans and the Pacifica City Council to pursue alternatives to widening. If you would like to help or want more information please click HERE.